Chapter 266 A Useless Person
Inside the Ganlu Hall, the lights were on, and several imperial physicians were sweating profusely as they surrounded the person on the bed.
Chen Yanqing's lower body was a bloody mess, and the severed parts lay forlornly to the side.
No one could reattach such a severed vital organ, especially since the attacker was extremely ruthless, and the severed area had already been crushed into mangled flesh.
Zheng Wenkai was extremely anxious.
He never expected that Chen Yanqing, having just received the title of "Crown Prince," would be so impatient as to go to Xihe Palace late at night to show off his power, only to end up like this!
Liang Cheng stood to the side, his face ashen, glancing from time to time at Chen Yanqing, who was convulsing in pain on the bed, his eyes filled with anxiety and worry.
"Useless! All of you are useless!" Zheng Wenkai roared. "The entire court of imperial physicians can't even handle this simple matter? If you can't get this back, none of you will keep your own possessions!"
The imperial physicians were so frightened that they all knelt down. The one in the lead said in a trembling voice, "Prime Minister Zheng, please calm down! This kind of injury is too strange. The wound... the wound can no longer be reattached. We are truly powerless to help!"
Zheng Wenkai's heart sank as he suddenly remembered Xiao Lingdang, who was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
That woman is skilled in the unusual arts of the Southern Frontier; perhaps she has a solution!
He immediately shouted sternly, "Quickly! Bring that witch here! If she can save the Crown Prince, we will forgive and forget!"
Little Bell was quickly escorted into the hall.
When her gaze fell upon Chen Yanqing's gruesome state on the bed, and then glimpsed the mangled, bloody object, a fleeting smile crossed her eyes, which she quickly concealed, replaced by a submissive expression.
She sat down next to Chen Yanqing and checked his injuries.
Just by looking at the uneven cross-section, you can tell how much pain it has suffered.
Serves you right!
Chen Yanqing was barely breathing at this moment. When he saw the little bell, it was as if he had grasped the last straw.
“Little Bell…we’re friends, right? You have to save it…”
His voice trembled, full of pleading.
Xiao Lingdang smiled gently and said sincerely, "Of course, Young Master Chen. If you hadn't spoken up for me today, I would have been a victim of your blade long ago. How could I repay kindness with enmity? Don't worry, I will do my best to help you get back on your feet."
Chen Yanqing's tense nerves finally relaxed, and she felt relieved.
"Let me clean your wound first. It might hurt a little, but please bear with it."
After saying that, Xiaolingdang poured a whole bottle of dark brown powder onto Chen Yanqing's wound without hesitation.
That was a special flesh-rotting powder made in southern Xinjiang. Once it got on the wound, it would continue to fester until it penetrated deep into the bone marrow.
"ah--!!!"
The most agonizing screams rang out again, several times more horrific than when he had been cut.
Chen Yanqing arched his back, cold sweat instantly soaking through his nightgown, the pain almost making him grind his teeth to pieces.
Zheng Wenkai was shocked: "What are you doing?!"
Little Bell remained calm and said indifferently, "The wound is already showing signs of decay. If the rotten flesh is not removed first, even if it is reattached, it will cause serious illness. This is the only way to clean the wound."
Zheng Wenkai was skeptical, but he had no other choice but to keep a close eye on her movements.
Little Bell watched as the flesh at the wound gradually turned black, festered, and eventually died completely. Only then did she pick up a needle and thread and, expressionless, sew the lifeless object onto the festering wound.
Throughout the ordeal, Chen Yanqing fainted several times from the pain, only to be revived by the excruciating agony, before finally passing out completely.
Seeing Xiaolingdang put away her needle and thread, Zheng Wenkai immediately asked, "How was it?"
Little Bell: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Zheng, it's already been received."
"That's good, that's good!" Zheng Wenkai breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally at ease.
“But…” Little Bell changed the subject, her tone calm, “that part of the flesh has completely died, so sewing it up would only be a formality, and it probably won’t be of any use in the future.”
Zheng Wenkai was struck dumb, "What?"
Liang Cheng was also anxious: "Isn't there any other way? The eldest prince is going to ascend the throne and become emperor!"
Little Bell spread her hands, her tone somewhat innocent: "Being able to sew it back up is the limit. At least... he can still be considered a 'complete' man, so that no one can see through his disguise."
“This…” Zheng Wenkai staggered back a step.
How could this be? Throughout history, how could there have been emperors who were eunuchs?
If other people found out, it would be terrible.
But then he composed himself, gritted his teeth, and said, "It doesn't matter! If we really can't have any children, we can adopt one later! As long as I ascend the throne, nothing else matters!"
Liang Cheng looked troubled: "But General Shen's bloodline...wouldn't that mean it would be severed?"
Zheng Wenkai, furious at his son's lack of self-control, said, "What can be done about the mess he made himself?"
He looked at everyone in the hall and said sternly, "Immediately seal off the news! If even the slightest leak of what happened today occurs, whoever it is, kill them without exception!"
Everyone in the hall was so frightened that they all knelt down: "Yes, sir!"
Liang Cheng finally sighed and said nothing more.
Zheng Wenkai didn't look at Chen Yanqing again and went straight to Chang Le Palace to find Li Yuanshu.
He dismissed his attendants and went straight to the point: "Your Highness, I have come here hoping that you will marry Shen Churong to help the Crown Prince consolidate his throne."
Li Yuanshu was doing her hair in front of the mirror when she heard this. Her hand holding the comb paused slightly, and she glanced at him in the bronze mirror.
How ironic!
What? In the eyes of these men, is Li Yuanshu's only value to them—to marry her off and win people over?
She slowly turned around, a faint, cold smile playing on her lips: "Prime Minister Zheng, I've already heard that my foolish elder brother broke into Xihe Palace last night and had his vital organs slashed by Li Yuanzhao. It seems that he, the eldest prince, is now a cripple, isn't he?"
"Are you so eager to arrange a marriage between me and the Shen family because you want to use me as a bargaining chip to firmly bind the Shen family to your side?"
Seeing how insightful she was, Zheng Wenkai didn't hide anything. "Princess is insightful, so I won't beat around the bush either. Now that the Crown Prince can no longer have children, if you marry into the Shen family, the child you have with Shen Churong will have both the blood of the Li family's royal family and the blood of the Shen family. If you adopt the child to the Crown Prince, he will be a legitimate 'royal heir'."
"At that time, Shen Churong will do everything in her power to help the eldest prince secure his throne so that her own flesh and blood can ascend to the throne. Liangcheng will also stand on our side completely because of this blood relationship. As for you, as the future emperor's birth mother, your status will be second only to the emperor, far above all others. This is much better than the days you have now, where you only have the title of princess and have to be subservient to everyone."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanshu chuckled softly, "Prime Minister Zheng really is thinking of me."
Seeing that she did not directly refuse, Zheng Wenkai assumed that she had tacitly agreed, and with his mind at ease, he turned and left satisfied.
He didn't see the fleeting coldness in Li Yuanshu's eyes after he turned away.
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